CELOSIA—COCKSCOMB (A) 
1164 Pampas Plume Mixture. Glorious 
blend of copper, bronze, gold and sunset 
shades. Pkt. 25c 
1159 Golden Fleece. Glorious, new giant 
plume type that laughs at hot weather. A 
cut-and-come-again Cockscomb with a bril- 
liant future. Pkt. 25¢ 
*New! COCKSCOMB TOREADOR 
Illustrated in color, page 20. 
1163 Such velvety plush texture and form, 
it won All-America Honors for 1955! Bright, 
lustrous red with scarlet highlights .. . 
strong, long-lasting flower heads ideal for 
mass plantings, bedding, cut flowers and 
for dried everlastings. Uniform height of 
20 inches. Very easy to grow... Sow seed 
directly outdoors. Pkt. 25c 
BACHELOR'S BUTTON— 
Centaurea 
Practically indispensable for borders, cut- 
ting garden, and Daddy’s boutonniere. 
Grows anywhere. Produces an abundance 
of long stemmed, fully double flowers all 
summer. Pkts. 15¢ each 
1200 Blue Boy 1202 Pinkie 
1204 Red Boy 1206 Snow Man 
1208 Mixed 
1203 Pixie Rose. Newest addition to the 
colorful Buttons. I/lustrated in color, page 
12. Pkt. 35¢ 
RED, WHITE & BLUE 
COLLECTION 
3 Bachelor's Buttons—1 Pkt. ea. 
Blue Boy Red Boy Snow Man 
Order Group 
No. 12102 
35¢c 
GIANT SWEET SULTANS (A) 
1228 Centaurea Imperialis Mixed. Once 
you've grown these you'll never want to 
be without them. Quite easy to grow, ask- 
ing only good garden soil and full sun. 
They'll grow 2¥2 to 3 ft. and provide quan- 
tities of exquisite cut flowers in a wide as- 
sortment of choice colors. Pkt. 15c¢ 
CHEIRANTHUS—See Siberian Wallflower, 
page 27. 
CHRISTMAS PEPPER (A) 
1260 Craig’s Ornamental. Pert little, up- 
turned, button-like peppers, starting creamy 
yellow, shading to orange, and later be- 
coming glossy scarlet. Perfect for pot 
plants. Pkt. 35¢ 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (A) (P) 
1292 Merry Mixture. A. ///ustrated in color, 
page 12. 
1318 Hardy Korean. P. Fun and adventure 
in every packet of these popular perennial 
chrysanthemums. You're sure to get single 
and semi-double daisy-like blooms in a 
wide range of color, and you might also 
get a winner. Super hardiness is one of the 
features of the Korean type. Pkt. 50c 
Shasta Daisies. P—See page 17. 
CLEOME—Spider Flower (A) 
Huge showy heads of pink or white— 
create soft cool effects when massed—3 to 
4 ft. tall—flowering all summer. Marvelous 
in front of shrubs or evergreens—good 
background. 
*1400 Pink Queen. Clear soft pink shade 
—delicate and graceful. Pkt. 15c¢ 
1403 Helen Campbell. Pure white compan- 
ion for above—new and different. Pkt. 25¢ 
COLEUS 
1422 Glorious Mixture. ///ustrated in color, 
page 22. Pkt. 35c 
3 
COLUMBINE—See Aquilegia, page 13, 
CORAL BELLS—See Heuchera, page 18, 
CORAL FLOWER (A) 
1432 Dainty is the word for this one. From 
a rosette of dark waxy green foliage rise 
many slender 30 inch stems completely 
covered with tiny star flowers of luminous 
rosy-pink which mature to long-lasting. 
seeds that resemble polished coral beads, 
Pkt. 25¢ 
HARDY COREOPSIS (P) 
Old standby of the perennial border and 
fine for naturalizing in open sunny areas. 
Quantities of large golden yellow flowers 
on wiry stems. Fine for cutting. June to 
October. 3 ft. 
1435 Mayfield Giant. Large single deep 
golden flowers. Pkt. 25¢ 
1438 Sunburst. Large double flowers of 
rich, golden colors. Pkt. 25¢ 
COLORFUL CORN (A) 
1447 Strawberry. Tiny, little ears, hardly 2 
inches long, of deep shining mahogany, 
contrast splendidly with the light colored 
husk when dried. You'll have fun using 
them with gourds for autumn door decora- 
tions or with your Christmas greens. It 
pops, too. Pkt..25¢ 
1445 Rainbow. We're wildly enthusiastic 
about our strain of this multi-colored corn. 
Vibrantly rich tones in an endless number 
of combinations. Hardly any two ears 
alike. Grows with the same ease and cul- 
ture as sweet corn. A money maker for 
fairs and bazaars. And what better gift 
for friends than a cluster of these colorful 
ears for autumn door decorations? 
Oz. 25¢, %4 lb. 75c 
COSMOS SENSATION (A) 
Enormous flowers on strong stems. Blooms 
early. Sturdy and prolific. 4 ft. 
Pkts. 15¢ each 
*1464 Dazzler. Rich, velvety crimson. 
1467 Pink. Largest, earliest, brightest. 
*1468 Radiance. Deep rosy red, rich crim- 
son central zone. 
1469 White. Pure white wavy petals. 
1471 Mixed. Well balanced blend of all 
the lovely colors. Pkt. 15¢, % oz. 75c 
SEMI-DOUBLE COSMOS (A) 
*1452 Fiesta. A silver medal winner in 
1952 and destined for a future as brilliant 
as its bloom. If you haven't grown it, don’t 
miss it this year. Pkt. 35¢ 
DOUBLE FLOWERED COSMOS (A) 
1490 All Colors. Remarkable strain of vari- 
able forms of cosmos. Some fully double, 
others with crested centers. All interesting 
and unusual. Try it. Pkt. 25¢ 
Get THE COSMOS ON THE COVER 
New! and Exclusive with Breck’'s 
1480 Pink Glow. Comes into bloom a full TWO WEEKS 
EARLIER than any other Cosmos. Sturdy full plants 
covered with 4 to 5 in. flowers of rich glowing pink, 
with bright silvery sheen on every petal. Very striking! 
Plants are 42 in. high . . 
floppy like other cosmos. We recom- 
mend Pink Glow highly. 
. tight and well formed; not 
Pkt. 345¢ 
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